Mount of Aces The Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a eBook Paul R Hare
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From the author of Fonthill Media's Fokker Fodder The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c, Mount of Aces The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a is a fitting testament to a legendary fighter. Arguably, the Sopwith Camel may be the best known British fighter plane of the First World War that took on the mighty and feared Jastas over the killing fields that were the trenches. However, almost all the highest scoring aces including McCudden and Mannock preferred the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a. It was well-armed, fast, highly manoeuvrable and a superb gun platform, and yet it was easy and safe for even the most sketchily trained pilot to fly. The S.E.5a was deadly. Not only could it absorb punishment and turn on a penny, it packed a wallop with its .303 Vickers and .303 Lewis machine guns. Over 5,500 examples were produced in the war and Major Edward C. 'Mick' Mannock scored fifty of his seventy-three victories in the S.E.5a. The S.E.5a helped turn the tide of war in the Allies' favour. After the war, examples took part in air races and were employed in the 'sky-writings' industry for advertising purposes in both Britain and America. And today, all over the world, home-builders are producing reproductions of the S.E.5a for sport and leisure flying, a fitting tribute to a design now nearly a century old and an appropriate memorial to the thousands of pilots who flew it in combat in defence of their country.
Mount of Aces The Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a eBook Paul R Hare
That is the conclusion that I come after reading this excellent history of the SE5a. They were contemporaries, and the Camel got the publicity, but most forget that it killed as many of its own pilots as it did of the enemy. I have a bit more flying experience than the average WW1 pilot did when arriving at the front. I think I could handle a SE5; I wouldn't want to attempt the Camel. There are more examples of this: The Hurricane and the Spitfire, the FW190 and the ME109; the F6F Hellcat and the F4U Corsair, among others. An aircraft designer must sometimes forsake a bit of performance in the interests of making an aircraft easy for a new pilot to fly. That of course does not always apply as the FW190 was not only easier to fly than the ME 109, but a far more potent weapon. Mr. Hare has done a very good job of writing a complete history of the type, including its history in the US Air Service, in Argentina and civilian service. The book is well illustrated, although some photos are used more than once. The photos of uncovered parts of the structure offer some very nice details for the modeler. A very good book about a very good aircraft. Interesting and study-able.Product details
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Mount of Aces The Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a eBook Paul R Hare Reviews
Though it never received the publicity accorded to its Sopwith Camel stablemate, the S.E.5a was one of the greatest British fighters of World War I. Its slab-sided functionality lacked the sexiness of the Camel yet it was the preferred mount of many of the top-scoring British aces such as Mannock, McCudden, Beauchamp-Proctor and McElroy. Paul Hare serves up a wide-ranging, insightful and nicely-illustrated tribute to that singular fighter in MOUNT OF ACES, THE ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY S.E. 5a, a 2013 Fonthill Media release.
First introduced in combat by 56 Squadron in April 1917, the S.E.5a soon built up a reputation as a first-class warbird, being a rugged, speedy biplane that may have lacked the Camel's agility but surpassed it in terms of altitude capability. Just as importantly, the S.E.5a was a far safer aircraft than the Camel, being much more forgiving than the Sopwith plane. Over 5,100 S.E.5a fighters were produced during the war, helping the Allies reclaim the skies over the Front.
Hare does a good job of tracing the aircraft's origins and development, its early combat career and subsequent combat ops, its use in Home Defense, service in other air forces, postwar use and so on. The book is well-illustrated with dozens of vintage b&w photographs of aircraft, pilots, bases, crashes, etc. I would have like a three-view of the basic model but that's just me.
Most recent books on the S.E.5a have concentrated on the ace pilots who flew it. MOUNT OF ACES, however, goes beyond that to provide a comprehensive history of -and tribute to - the aircraft. Recommended.
great book this aircraft was a real war winner.i like the plane and i buy everything on it.the kills that are recorded are always suspect but the plane was great
A lot of technical information without getting to heavy. As I will be building a replica I found the book interesting , particularly with the developments and manufacturing detail. Well worth the money.
That is the conclusion that I come after reading this excellent history of the SE5a. They were contemporaries, and the Camel got the publicity, but most forget that it killed as many of its own pilots as it did of the enemy. I have a bit more flying experience than the average WW1 pilot did when arriving at the front. I think I could handle a SE5; I wouldn't want to attempt the Camel. There are more examples of this The Hurricane and the Spitfire, the FW190 and the ME109; the F6F Hellcat and the F4U Corsair, among others. An aircraft designer must sometimes forsake a bit of performance in the interests of making an aircraft easy for a new pilot to fly. That of course does not always apply as the FW190 was not only easier to fly than the ME 109, but a far more potent weapon. Mr. Hare has done a very good job of writing a complete history of the type, including its history in the US Air Service, in Argentina and civilian service. The book is well illustrated, although some photos are used more than once. The photos of uncovered parts of the structure offer some very nice details for the modeler. A very good book about a very good aircraft. Interesting and study-able.
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